Services
Hospital Boards and Trustees
Governance Resources
Strong, informed governance is vital in the rapidly changing health care landscape. IHA offers a variety of educational opportunities, professional development, and resources to foster high-performing hospital boards and trustees.
Hospital Board Education
The Iowa Hospital Association offers annual events that focus on trustee and board education and provide the hours required for the hospital and board trustee certification program.
- IHA Governance Forum
- Rural Hospital Leadership Forum
- IHA Annual Meeting
- Updated Conditions of Participation and Regulatory Changes for Hospitals
- Governing Body and Medical Staff Conditions of Participation
- Common Hospital Deficiencies
American Hospital Association Trustee Services
The AHA’s trustee services website and monthly e-newsletter, Trustee Insights, ensure you have the latest information, insights, and analysis necessary to navigate your organization through the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Critical Questions Every Hospital Board Needs to be Able to Answer
This comprehensive publication serves as a primer for new trustees and board members. Updated in 2021, it provides answers to the most important questions for health care governance, from how to ensure strong and effective executive leadership to how to gauge your hospital’s financial performance and much more.
Download Critical Questions
Hospital Board Assessment
IHA’s Hospital Board Assessment measures and benchmarks a hospital board’s performance and provides board members with a personal evaluation. Annual assessments are recommended.
Hospital Board Certification Program
IHA’s Hospital Board Certification Program provides standards and guidance promoting governance best practices along with establishing expectations for continued learning. Since 2010, the program has operated on the premise that accountability and high standards of excellence are hallmarks of quality governance and leadership that sustain employee commitment and community trust.